Barron's MAT
Subtitle: Miller Analogies Test
By: Robert J. Sternberg, Karin Sternberg
Contributors: Sternberg, Karin, 1976-; Barron's Educational Series, Inc
Edition: 10th ed.
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppage, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780764142352
Subjects: Study guides; Miller analogies test
Other titles: MAT; Miller Analogies Test
Description: Overview: This updated manual prepares prospective MAT test takers with a diagnostic test and ten full-length practice exams. Self-scoring answer keys follow each test and answer sheets for test-takers' use are located at the back of the book. Also presented are approximately 1300 additional practice exam questions with answers, plus advice on solving analogy problems. Helpful brush-up check lists cover graduate level vocabulary with brief definitions, selected foreign words and phrases used in English and their meanings, and names of important persons in history, science, technology, and the arts that test-takers should be able to recognize. The Miller Analogies Test is a timed word-association test widely used to screen applicants to graduate level academic programs and as a placement exam for management positions in many businesses.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1: Pretest; title: Answer key for the pretest; title: Explanation of answers for the pretest; title: Item classification chart; title: 2: Achieving Success On The Miller Analogies Test; title: Facts about the MAT; title: How to solve analogies; title: Practice in analogical thinking; title: Answer key with explanations; title: Thirty helpful hints; title: 12 biggest mistakes test-takers make; title: Advice on preparing for the MAT; title: Improving your intellectual skills; title: 3: Kinds Of Analogies Found On The Miller Analogies Test; title: Content of MAT analogies; title: Practice in recognizing content areas; title: Answer key with explanations; title: Relationships used in MAT analogies; title: Practice in using and recognizing relationships; title: Answer key with explanations; title: Distribution of categories; title: 4: Miller Analogies Test; title: Success of the MAT as a measuring instrument; title: 5: Review For The Miller Analogies Test; title: What this review contains; title: Vocabulary; title: Special collective nouns; title: ology words; title: Word demons; title: Selected foreign words and phrases used in English; title: Alphabets and their characteristics; title: Geography; title: History; title: Social sciences; title: Art and architecture; title: Literary forms and figures; title: Music; title: Science; title: Mythology; title: 6: 10 Complete Analogy Tests For MAT Practice; title: Practice Test 1; title: Answer key for practice test 1; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 1; title: Item classification chart; title: Practice Test 2; title: Answer key for practice test 2; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 2; title: Item classification chart; title: Practice Test 3; title: Answer key for practice test 3; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 3; title: Item classification chart; title: Practice Test 4; title: Answer key for practice test 4; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 4; title: Item classification chart; title: Practice Test 5; title: Answer key for practice test 5; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 5; title: Item classification chart; title: Practice Test 6; title: Answer key for practice test 6; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 6; title: Item classification chart; title: Practice Test 7; title: Answer key for practice test 7; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 7; title: Item classification chart; title: Practice Test 8; title: Answer key for practice test 8; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 8; title: Item classification chart; title: Practice Test 9; title: Answer key for practice test 9; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 9; title: Item classification chart; title: Practice Test 10; title: Answer key for practice test 10; title: Explanation of answers for practice test 10; title: Item classification chart.